Date: 8-11 May 2019

Venue: Academy Drama Theatre

 

Mnemonic is a reconstruction of fragmented memories. This crossing of different orbits and timelines constructs with Virgil’s retrieving his lost love in memories and searching for an absent father. It’s at the same time coherent with the discovery of the lonely iceman in Changbai Mountain. Memory is not the truth, but fragments of connections. We reflect, explore and forge ahead in these intricate interconnections and the emptiness of daily lives. In order to battle with loneliness, we have to grabble the predecessors’ orbit to discover our identities in this lost world.

 

Mnemonic by Complicité, originally conceived and directed by Simon McBurney and devised by the original company.

 

Director: Roy Szeto

Translator: Li Wing-hong

Associate Directors: Acty Tang, Moon Yip

Set Designer: Bill Cheung

Costume Designer: Vanessa Suen Wing-kwan

Lighting Designer: Leo Cheung

Sound Designer: Smile Suen Siu-man

Video Media Designer: Rodney Ma

Production Manager: Hei Cheung

Devising Cast: Lau Oi-sze, Li Ni-shan, Luk Ka-ki, Lee Yiu-ki, Leung Ho-wai, Li Siu-tung, Wong Wa-nin, Yuen Wang-chun, Cheung Yan-ha, Mak Ching-man, Tse Tsz-kwan, Chan Chun-tung, Cheung Chi-ho, Sunny Lai, Lau Wai-yiu, Lee Sum-yu, Leung Yuk-sing, Li Siu-fung

 

The production was performed by School of Drama students, while the production team comprised students, faculty and alumni of the School of Theatre and Entertainment Arts.

 

(Performances made possible by kind permission of Complicité, London.)

Photos by Henry Wong